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diff --git a/man8/nscd.8 b/man8/nscd.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 557d35a4e..000000000 --- a/man8/nscd.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,84 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright 1999 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany -.\" Author: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later -.\" -.\" 2008-12-05 Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> -.\" Rewrite the NOTES section to reflect modern reality -.\" -.TH nscd 8 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" -.SH NAME -nscd \- name service cache daemon -.SH DESCRIPTION -.B nscd -is a daemon that provides a cache for the most common name service -requests. -The default configuration file, -.IR /etc/nscd.conf , -determines the behavior of the cache daemon. -See -.BR nscd.conf (5). -.PP -.B nscd -provides caching for accesses of the -.BR passwd (5), -.BR group (5), -.BR hosts (5) -.BR services (5) -and -.I netgroup -databases through standard libc interfaces, such as -.BR getpwnam (3), -.BR getpwuid (3), -.BR getgrnam (3), -.BR getgrgid (3), -.BR gethostbyname (3), -and others. -.PP -There are two caches for each database: -a positive one for items found, and a negative one -for items not found. -Each cache has a separate TTL (time-to-live) -period for its data. -Note that the shadow file is specifically not cached. -.BR getspnam (3) -calls remain uncached as a result. -.SH OPTIONS -.TP -.B "\-\-help" -will give you a list with all options and what they do. -.SH NOTES -The daemon will try to watch for changes in configuration files -appropriate for each database (e.g., -.I /etc/passwd -for the -.I passwd -database or -.I /etc/hosts -and -.I /etc/resolv.conf -for the -.I hosts -database), and flush the cache when these are changed. -However, this will happen only after a short delay (unless the -.BR inotify (7) -mechanism is available and glibc 2.9 or later is available), -and this auto-detection does not cover configuration files -required by nonstandard NSS modules, if any are specified in -.IR /etc/nsswitch.conf . -In that case, you need to run the following command -after changing the configuration file of the database so that -.B nscd -invalidates its cache: -.PP -.in +4n -.EX -$ \fBnscd \-i\fP \fI<database>\fP -.EE -.in -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR nscd.conf (5), -.BR nsswitch.conf (5) -.\" .SH AUTHOR -.\" .B nscd -.\" was written by Thorsten Kukuk and Ulrich Drepper. |